All of this suggests that while citizens became more comfortable with President Bush after September 11 and thought him to have the requisite leadership skills, they continue to harbor doubts about his priorities, loyalties, interests, and policies.

Science never makes an advance until philosophy authorizes it to do so.

While Republican voters have remained universally supportive of their President, Democrats and Independents are returning to a more naturally critical stance.

A healthy degree of party unity among Democrats and Republicans has deteriorated into bitter partisan warfare.

Some of necessities go astray, because for them there is no such thing as a right path.

Whose best and most fruitful gift was the power of admiration, which made it possible for me to learn. Now, as in my youth, I am looking up to the truly great creations of the past, which I see high above my own and which alone deserve the name of greatness.

The increase in straight-ticket party voting in recent years means that competitive congressional races can tip one way or the other depending on the showing of the candidates at the top of the ticket.